Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-13
A SKIN GAME AT A STILL.
ONE OF MIR. CRENSHAW'S
BONDSMEN IN A BAD FIX.

The Legal Capacity Exceeded. Stamp' d
Packages &ssAiled, Unlicensed Whole
sailing and Collusion With the Gov
eminent Storskeeper and Gauger
Charged-Distriot and Circuit Court
Clerkship Fees Reduced.
ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. u. - Recently
revenue officials have swooped down on
registered distillery in Clayton county,
run by Isham d. Crawford, a prominent
citizen. who operated it In the name Of
Willis Sanders, an ignorant negro, whom
ne paid small monthly wages. 1t was
charged against Crawford that he worked
greater than the legal capacity, reflled
stamped packages, sold at wholesale
without q license and was in collusion
With the government storekeeper and
CAV Yer. The government has made
ciann against him tor $1,000 Mr.. Craw-
10rd ls one of the sureties on the BOND of
collector Crensbaw, and great effort Is
Delng made TO compromise the case. Mr..
Crawford offers $l,700 in settlement,
and has deposited that amount with
Uncle Sam, but the government has de-
clined to settle. Further developments
are expected, as a later Investigation OF
the officers shows more croOkedness IN the
business, and that more parties are inter-
ested in it.
THE CLERKsHIP FEES.
There has been a great scramble here
for the clerkship OF the United States Dis
trieSEourt, and applicants are without
number:Ts air earnestness 10 inspired
by the $3,50NS slary. The department at
Washington has just notified Col. Buck,
The present Circuit and District clerk,
that hereafter the fees for copying final
records in criminal cases will be disal-
IL hn affn. xryilI ka In hn ntCfF tnt
Court, where the business Is entirely
icrimnal.To reduce the fees one-half and
q 1T will also make considerable reduc-
tion in the Circuit Court 1t is asserted
that the fees in the Circuit and the Dis
trict Courts, under the old rule, have not
for years realized the full salary allowed
by law. This will be sad news for many
majority to the disappointment in store
for them when the appointment is made.
RAYMOND WILLIAMS CASE.
! Some time ago Raymond Williams, a
negro, was convicted in Chatham Su-
perior Court of assault with intent 10
murder, and was sentenced to three years
in the penitentIary. While motion Tor
new trial was pending penitentiary
guard, who had been summoned, carried
him 10 the convict camp. new trial
has since been granted, and 5. u. Adams,
counsel for Williams, writes the Gov
ernor requesting that the State bear the
expense oil getting Williams back to Sa-
vanBah. The Governor holds that no
funds are appropriated for this purpose
and that there is no law authorizing him
to charge the State with the expense. On
receipt of certificate of the facts from
the Clerk of the Superior Court OF
Chatham county the Governor will have
guard return Williams at the expense
of the lessees.
The visit of the Governor and Attorney
General to New York, to meet the stock
holders of the Asheville and Spartanburg
railway, Tuesday, TO effect settlement
of the Indebtedness of the road, has been
postponed because it is impossible for
many largely interested to attend the
meeting.
ROAD COMMISSIONER.
Lewis Collat was to-day commissioned
Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for
Mcintosh county, vice Spaldlng Kenan
resigned.
Mr.. Norton, President, and NJ. S. Smith,
Vice President of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, and a party Of rail
road officials, were in Atlanta this morn
ing In special car.
General Superintendent NJ. S: Belknap
and j. NJ. Norman, Master of the Train
service OF the Central Railroad, came in
and went out last n ght on a special train
of the ss stem
The-estatS0f the late Thomas Berry, OF
Rome, exchanged $4,000 worth of AZ
per cent. Georgia for registered bonds OF
the same class with the lSUate Treasurer
so-daNee
-E BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Rufus B. Oates, a brakeman ON the
Georgia Pacific railroad, was killed at
DougIassville this morning. He was
passing down ladder between two
freight cars when his foot slipped and he
fell across the track, the wheels crushing
his body in two. His remains We're
brought to Atlanta for bu rial.
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